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November 7, 2022
This morning at 9:49 a.m. the Bronson Middle/High School announced a lock down due to a report of a weapon on campus. Students reported seeing a 6th grade student in the cafeteria area just prior to reporting to first period waiving a gun underneath the table. One student reported the gun was aimed at his legs which scared him. School officials and the LCSO School Resource Deputy immediately responded to that student’s class room.
SRD Deputy K. Sheppard located the 11 year old 6th grade student at his assigned desk and took him into custody. Deputy Sheppard located a Daisy CO2 BB pistol in this students backpack and seized the weapon. The situation was quickly addressed and the lock down was concluded at 10:00 a.m. The student was arrested and booked into the Levy County Detention Center. He will be released to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice after processing.
Sheriff McCallum continues to issue this stern warning. Students, who violate the law while on school campus and put other students and staff in dangerous situations, will be arrested. There is no way to immediately identify this BB gun as a toy as it looks exactly like a handgun. The SRD and school staff did exactly as they are trained to do in this type of situation and quickly resolved this issue. Thankfully the gun was not real and no one was hurt.